About Us
The GHR Connects website is intended to help community members and policy makers learn about the health of the community. This website is funded by a variety of partners crossing educational, health, and social services sectors. It provides local health data, resources, best practices, news articles and information about community events. In keeping with GHR Connects mission and values, it is important that the site provides balanced information on a broad range of topics affecting the health of our community and highlights the assets in our community.
GHR Connects brings non-biased data, local resources and a wealth of information to one, accessible, user-friendly location. The intent is to give our community the tools we need to read and understand the indicators that affect the quality of our residents' lives. The tools can also help the community set goals and evaluate progress. Community groups, schools, health associations, chambers of commerce, tourism and many other organizations can use this information to show the great benefits of living in Hampton Roads as well as opportunities for improvement, with specific information. Master planners and government can use this data to establish community goals on a variety of platforms. The data is updated whenever source data is updated providing the most up-to-date information of its kind.
The evolving nature of this website allows all users of the GHR Connects website to contribute information and ideas. The promising practices section highlights exemplary programs and successes of local, state and national health departments; it also allows individuals to search for information when they face a similar situation or as a resource. Our goal is to strengthen and build healthier communities through the provision of state-of the art web-based assessment and improvement tools. We hope you find it beneficial.
The GHR Connects team would like to thank all our sponsors and partners, especially our Enterprise Partners: Sentara Healthcare and the United Way of South Hampton Roads, for their financial and in-kind support in developing this website.